Lipotrope like activity of red pepper.

When red pepper (Capsicum frutescens) at 5% or an equivalent amount of its active principle capsaicin at 15 mg% level was fed to rats along with chlorine-free diet, the increase in liver neutral lipids was significantly lower than in rats not fed red pepper or capsaicin. However, paprika (Capsicum annuum) which contains very little capsaicin when fed at 5% level did not show this effect.